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M1 crash in Barnet on 16 January 2003 at 22:47 involving a Piaggio X9 motorcycle

A Piaggio X9 motorcycle and a Honda Accord were involved in a crash on the M1 in Barnet at 22:47 on Thursday 16 January 2003. The 29-year-old male rider of the Piaggio X9 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Jan 2003
Thursday, 22:47
Vehicles
2
Piaggio X9 and Honda Accord
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.6045, longitude -0.2406, in the NW9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barnet. It is one of the crashes that make up the Colindale North, Barnet, NW9 5PE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Barnet

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200301SX00083
Council area
Barnet
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
1
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 November 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Piaggio X9

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    244 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda Accord

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Piaggio X9)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 200301SX00083 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Barnet road accident statistics for 2003.